Leaving

She kept crackers bedside,

magazines next to the dog,

eyes on the television

nose to the gossip pages.

 

I used to lie on the pillow

and smell the dog smelling.

 

The dog is all alone now.

 

Published by

Patrick Dobson

Patrick Dobson was founded in 1962. He is a writer, scholar, ironworker, and poet who lives in Kansas City, MO. He is author of two books with the University of Nebraska Press, Seldom Seen: A Journey into the Great Plains (2009) and Canoeing the Great Plains: A Missouri River Summer (May 2015). Dobson is a work in progress until termination.

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